Gardasil vaccine illness lawsuit investigation

Gardasil exposure: Who’s affected? 

Did you or a loved one develop serious health conditions after being vaccinated with Gardasil?

Gardasil has been marketed as a safe and effective vaccination to guard against the human papilloma virus (HPV). But some people believe that they or their loved ones fell ill after being vaccinated. While nothing can undo the trauma you are facing, there may be a way to seek justice and prevent this from happening to others.

Gardasil was developed to prevent HPV, a viral infection that the Mayo Clinic and others say may be defeated by your own immune system before you know you have it.

Some say the Gardasil vaccine is not a wonder drug. In late 2021, the National Cancer Institute of the US government issued a statement:

“Despite more than 15 years of consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are safe and effective, a new study has found that more parents are citing concerns about the vaccines’ safety in recent years. The findings highlight an urgent need for doctors and public health leaders to address these concerns with parents, according to the scientists who led the study.”

HPV: overview

HPV viruses infect skin cells and mucous membranes through skin-to-skin contact. It is classified as a sexually transmitted disease, although the National Institutes of Health (NIH) say studies indicate it is not necessarily transmitted by sexual contact. 

In a study about the sexually transmitted HPV diseases, it was found that nearly 27% of women aged 14-59 tested positive for one or more strains of HPV. Rates for men are likely to be similar. About 90% of HPV infections clear spontaneously within 24 months after first detection.

Cancer often takes years, even decades, to develop after a person gets HPV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The main concern is that HPV often results in cervical cancer, which is why PAP tests are performed regularly in women. Each year, nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with cervical pre-cancer caused by an STD, and more than 11,000 are diagnosed with the actual disease. Some 4,000 die annually from the disease. In rare cases mothers transmit HPV to their babies during birth. Resulting warts in a child’s throat and airway may cause breathing, swallowing and speaking problems. Public health officials have long recommended the PAP test (also known as PAP Smear), which detects abnormalities in cervical tissue, as the most effective frontline public health response to the disease. Since its introduction, cervical cancer screening through PAP tests has reduced rates of cervical cancer in developed countries by up to 80 percent. Incidences of cervical cancer have been declining dramatically worldwide as countries have implemented PAP screening programs.

Gardasil on the market

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil (HPV4), a Merck vaccine for four types of HPV, in 2006. It approved Gardasil 9 in 2014, which covered 9 types of HPV. Gardasil 9 in now the only Gardasil vaccine available in the US.

All HPV vaccines use a protein from the shell of certain HPV types. Because they contain no viral RNA or DNA, they cannot cause the disease, according to the CDC.

Help or harm?

Some side-effects of the Gardasil vaccine include:

• Pain, redness or swelling at the injection site
• Dizziness
• Fainting
• Nausea
• Headache

Adults, and parents of children who received the shots, added an alarming number of serious conditions and diseases that presented after the vaccines were administered, among them:

• DeathPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
• Premature Ovarian Failure

Objections to HPV Vaccines

In April 2013, the health ministry of Japan added two different HPV vaccines to the national immunization program and started to recommend them. Just 10 weeks later, that recommendation was pulled after ever-mounting complaints of chronic pain, headaches, motor impairment and other symptoms reported in the press and at seminars. Japanese officials employed more studies, but it was not until 2021 that the health ministry overturned its decision and again recommended the vaccines. Japan’s health ministry had previously discovered adverse events reported after Gardasil were many times higher than other vaccines on the recommended schedule. Japanese researchers found that the adverse events rate of the HPV vaccine was as high as 9 percent.

Similar objections happened in other countries where the drugs were more quickly reinstated, but a significant number of complaints continue to be reported in the US and elsewhere.

For people who feel their lives were ruined by Gardasil and other HPV vaccinations, the fight goes on.

Join a Gardasil exposure lawsuit investigation

While advocates fight to remove Gardasil and other HPV vaccinations from the lists of recommended drugs for children and others, doctors and drug companies continue to say side effects from the vaccines are virtually inconsequential.

Adults and parents of children who have suffered from health problems after receiving Gardasil may be eligible to join a lawsuit demanding that the vaccine be recognized as dangerous, and be compensated for medical expenses, permanent disability and other damages. Bereaved family members of people who died of diseases that are alleged to be caused by Gardasil may also take action.

Please fill out the form on this page to see if you qualify for a FREE case evaluation.